so much discussion has taken place of late about the high price of energy and what it is doing to family budgets. We don't need to tell the American consumer what is going on with high prices. They are living it directly in each and every…

On the floor this week, some Senators have argued that by opening ANWR and causing physical disturbance to just 2000 acres, which is what we are talking about, of the Arctic coastal plain--and this area is about one-sixth the size of…

I stand this evening to speak about the Boxer substitute to the Warner-Lieberman carbon cap-and-trade bill. I have had an opportunity for several days now to hear discussion from both sides. I think coming from a State such as Alaska where…

the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Forest Heritage Area would be the first Heritage Area in Alaska, and one of a few Heritage Areas in the West. Our proposal encompasses the wide mountainous corridor that was the major gateway to…

our Nation is blessed by the selfless service of more than 26 million Americans who come to the aid of their fellow citizens through countless volunteer organizations at the national, State and local levels. Some of these organizations are…

That means we have to actually produce more energy in this country. How do you get from here to there in increased energy production? I wish to take a few minutes this afternoon and talk about ANWR. ANWR has 10 billion to 16 billion…

many of us have come to the floor, certainly this past week--all this year--talking about increasing energy prices. There has been a lot of commentary about whom to blame. What do we do, how do we reduce the price of oil, how do we address…

This legislation would automatically open the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northern Alaska if the world price of oil tops $125 a barrel for 5 days. In return, it allocates all the Federal revenues that would come…

On March 1, 2008, the Peace Corps celebrates its 47th year of operation. I congratulate all past and present volunteers and staff members on 47 years of international service and I welcome many more years to come. Since 1961, the Peace…

I rise to recognize the passage of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. I again thank the majority leader and minority leader for committing floor time for this bill. Rarely have Indian bills received time on the Senate floor, but this…

I, too, want to thank so many who have done so much to advance this legislation. Very rarely do we see an opportunity for Indian bills of any nature to receive floor time, so I want to thank all our colleagues to be able to debate this…

I do support Senator Smith's amendment, as we believe it will enable more Indian tribes to build the facilities and to address the inequities currently in the system. We recognize it has been under review, having been looked at for…

More specifically, it is my understanding that by simply restating section 303 verbatim in this bill, Congress is not superseding or altering the effect of the prevailing wage provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and Education…

if I may take a few moments to speak to some of the issues the Senator from Oklahoma has raised about the prioritization, giving priority to the provision of those basic medical services, medical needs. I think we all agree that is the…

I wish to take just a couple of minutes this morning to respond to some of the comments made by the Senator from Oklahoma. Clearly, he is very passionate about Indian health care and making sure that we do right by our treaty obligations…

Mr. Hensley was born, in Kotzebue, AK, a small village about 40 miles north of the Arctic Circle. He and his family lived in the Noatak River delta where they lived by subsistence hunting, fishing and trapping. While home schooled through…

I rise today to join in a colloquy with fellow Alaska Senator Ted Stevens to honor a giant of the Alaska Native rights and Native corporation movement, and an individual who has served his State and Nation for decades with great…

I understand that Mr. Hensley has recently completed his first book, a memoir entitled, ``50 Miles from tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People,'' which will be published later this year. Mr. Hensley, who joined Alyeska Pipeline…

I wished to echo the comments of my colleague and my chairman on the Indian Affairs Committee. Reauthorization of this Indian Health Care Improvement Act is something that is long overdue. When we sat down as the chairman and vice chairman…

I so appreciate the passion and the advocacy of my colleague, the Senator from North Dakota, and working together on the Indian Affairs Committee on an issue in which I think both of us believe very strongly. Both of us believe in the…

Whatever Republicans are saying in public, no one in either party ignores the political risk of facing voters next year, with so many Americans still at risk here in Iraq.

I'm not convinced, as I look to the the -- the plan that the president presented yesterday, that what we're seeing is that much different than what we have been doing in the past.

Federal dollars are still needed because Alaska is so huge and connecting those communities costs a fortune.

what ANWR represents to this country is energy security, national security, from the perspective of reducing our vulnerability on foreign sources of oil. When we talk about vulnerability in this country, and recognizing the vulnerability…

thank you. It is December 21. This is the shortest day of the year. On Alaska's North Slope today, it is pretty dark. The Sun went down, I was told, November 18 at 1:40 p.m. It is not going to rise again until January 23 at 1:01 p.m…